Heavy-handed criticism from government isn't a new tactic. Sector veteran Patrick Johnston compares the Conservatives' charity attacks to the vitriol directed against BC's first women's shelters. Yet in the Mulroney era, charities were welcomed into federal policy discussions and their rights to political activity enshrined in law.
Foreign-funded. Radical. Money laundering. With language like that filling media reports and commentaries every day, you'd think Tides Canada CEO Ross McMillan would have a pile of journalist's calls to return. But those calls don't always come when they should, he tells Hilborn eNEWS editor Janet Gadeski.
For many, Canadian Harvey McKinnon is the authority when it comes to understanding the processes and benefits involved in starting, running or expanding a monthly giving program. It all started with Hidden Gold, a timeless classic for any fundraiser thinking about ways to build better relationships with donors and increase their giving.
Recruitment specialist Phil Gérard says transferable skills are sometimes overlooked. Whether you're hiring, managing others, or evaluating your own professional competencies, think twice about what you and others have learned on jobs outside the fundraising sphere.
It's time to have a frank discussion about charities and their administrative and fundraising costs. Over the past decade, the increasing focus on a charity's cost of doing business - and yes, charities are in the business of societal betterment - has forced the entire charitable sector to defend itself against a rash of naïve accusations.
Foreign-funded. Radical. Money laundering. With language like that filling media reports and commentaries every day, you'd think Tides Canada CEO Ross McMillan would have a pile of journalist's calls to return. But those calls don't always come when they should, he tells Hilborn eNEWS editor Janet Gadeski.
Recruitment specialist Phil Gérard says transferable skills are sometimes overlooked. Whether you're hiring, managing others, or evaluating your own professional competencies, think twice about what you and others have learned on jobs outside the fundraising sphere.
It's time to have a frank discussion about charities and their administrative and fundraising costs. Over the past decade, the increasing focus on a charity's cost of doing business - and yes, charities are in the business of societal betterment - has forced the entire charitable sector to defend itself against a rash of naïve accusations.
